Founded in Oxford, England in 1984, Verse is an international journal that publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. The print edition publishes portfolios of 20-40 pages, while the Verse site publishes book reviews and individual poems. Verse is edited by Brian Henry and Andrew Zawacki.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

NEW! Poem by Devin Gmyrek

Devin Gmyrek

FORSYTHMoving at incredible speeds
across a body of water
the wind seems to guide youthough you’re actually passing airand without consciously raising your hand you meet someone you love in a high
five and that touch is stepped there like an orange stain on a white shirt
The outskirts of town troll
by on what can only be sound
and vision condensed into that reverie the future longs for
I take a tour about the country
and hardly anybody notices me though there they know everyone buying beer and cigarettes at the store
One thing substituted for anotherand I’m drying off from a swimat sunset till the engine hops off again